Sporting Clube da Brava

Sporting
Full name Sporting Clube da Brava
Nickname(s) Leões
Founded 1988
Ground Estádio Aquiles de Oliveira
Nova Sintra, Cape Verde
Chairman Francisco Oliveira
Manager Ney Loko (Emanuel de Pina)
League Brava Island League
2016–17 Champion

Sporting Clube da Brava (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Sporting Klubi da Brava) is a football club that had played in the Premier division and plays in the Brava Island Division in Cape Verde. It is based in Nova Sintra the island of Brava. Its current coach is Ney Loko. Its nickname is Leões equalling the nickname to Sporting Lisbon and many other Sporting clubs. Its current president is Francisco Oliveira and its coach is Ney Loko (Emanuel de Pina).

Sporting Brava is the second most successful football (soccer) club on the island, having won 10 official regional titles.

History

The club was founded in the 1988. The name is identical to the Sporting Clube de Portugal along with its logo which uses its current form.[1][2]

At the start of the 21st century, the club's success ranged from moderate to last place. Sporting's success at the start of the 2010s were moderate, and gained, believed to be in part of the extended regional season with the addition of Juventude da Furna. Sporting lost to Morabeza 1-4 on February 10, 2013 and is Sporting's last loss at home in the regionals, later Sporting lost to Nô Pintcha on April 7, a previously successful club 1-0 and was also Sporting's last match lost at the regionals.

Emanuel de Pina, nicknamed Loco or Ney Loko, a former player became coach of the club and made the club to have their first island title win which was in 2014 and became the island's six of seven who have regional championship titles,[3] also they made and their first entry to the national league, they won their second in a row in 2015 and achieved their second entry. Their greatest ranking was 5th, played a total of 10 matches without any win, they scored a total of 8 goals and totalled only three points. Sporting Brava won their third consecutive title in the 2016 season with 38 points and won all 12 matches.,[4] since the addition of Juventude da Furna in 2012, it was their highest even and was a club record, it was also their season's best. Sporting appeared at the 2016 Cape Verdean Football Championships on May 14. Sporting finished fourth with six points with two wins and six goals scored, better than the previous two seasons, their first national match won in Round 1 on May 15 over Sinagoga, champion of the Santo Antão North Zone.

The club was first place[5] in all of the 2017 season. On March 26, after defeating Nô Pintcha 1-0, a second placed club and with a 12 point difference with that club, Sporting became champions for Brava and will win their fourth consecutive title.[6] On April 2, their goal totals quickly rose from 34 to 48 after defeating Benfica Brava 0-14 and made it the region's highest until April 30, Sporting made a gigantic win defeating Corôa 2-16 and became the highest scoring match for the club. Sporting won all matches of the season and became their best ever since the extension of the season by the appearance of Juventude Furna. From 51 to 67 the goal totals became and a club record in Brava, even its 36 point total, also its unbeaten streak at the regionals became 49, more than Mindelense of São Vicente and Sporting Praia of Southern Santiago. Sporting also got their fourth consecutive entrance into the National Championships in May 13 and the first with a three group system, they played Group C alongside another Sporting affiliate from Praia, Sal Rei of Boa Vista and FC Derby, runner up of São Vicente. The club won the first round match over Sal Rei and the unusual on May 21, they defeated Mindelo's one of the top two clubs, Derby and their points and wins now equals to that of last season. In the competition of two Sporting affiliates, they found out impossible to defeat the almighty Sporting Praia in Praia as they lost 1-0. One June 4, Sporting Brava made another victory over Sal Rei at home field and now pushed themselves to a new national championship record in wins (3) and points (9) and now equals half of their previous overall point total of 18. Sporting Brava kept themselves as being the best of the second placed club for their qualification into the playoff stage up to the seventh round, their final was another Sporting challenge with a club from Praia, it ended without any goals scored and finished 2nd with a club record of 10 points, listed third in the second placed rankings together with Derby Sporting Brava was eliminiated from further competitions in the playoff stage.

Other regional competitions

Their first overall title was the opening tournament won in 2013, at the time, it became the last club to receive a regional honour, later, Sporting won their third in 2017, even the 2014-15 edition was cancelled. Their first Super Cup win was in 2014, Sporting won their only cup in 2016.

Sporting Brava qualified into the regional Super Cup as champion, the club lost to Académica (second in the cup as Sporting also won the cup) in November 2016.

Other competitions

Also Sporting Brava were one of the first two clubs outside the municipality of São Filipe to compete in their municipal tournament, the other was Batuque from São Vicente Island, also it was the island's first of two clubs to compete. Sporting Brava won their only title in Spring 2016 and is the only club outside the municipality to receive a title.

Rivalry

The club's only rivalry is with Benfica Brava forming the Eternal Derby of Brava (Derby Eterno da Brava), the island's only rivalry and one of the least popular.

Uniform

Away/alternate uniform up to May 2017

Its uniform is similarly different to Sporting Lisbon and Sporting Praia, it only has a green-striped T-shirt and socks and green shorts for home games and a light green t-shirt with black shorts and dark green socks for away/alternate games.

Until May 2017, its away/alternate uniform had a green T-shirt, black shorts and yellow socks.

Honours

2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
2016
2014
2013, 2015, 2016/17
2016

League and cup history

National championship

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA GD P Notes Playoffs
2014 1A 6 5023 313-92 Did not advance Did not participated
2015 1B 5 5014 516-111 Did not advance Did not participated
2016 1A 4 5203 67-16 Did not advanced Did not participated
2017 1C 2-U 6312 65+110 Did not advance Did not participate
Total:215412 2041-2119
2-U: A club who finished second and in the second place ranking, ranked as a non-participant in the playoff stage which the club has been eliminated from

Island/Regional Championship

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA GD P Cup Tour Notes
2013–14 2 1 121020 3911+2832 Winner Promoted into the National Championships
2014–15 2 1 12840 344+2528 Not held Promoted into the National Championships
2015–16 2 1 121110 636+5734 Winner Winner Promoted into the National Championships
2016–17 2 1 121200 677+6036 Not held Promoted into the National Championships

Statistics

Current squad

As of 24 February 2017[7][8]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Cape Verde GK Danielson
2 Cape Verde DF Ja[lower-alpha 1]
3 Cape Verde DF Stive[lower-alpha 2]
4 Cape Verde DF Elton
5 Cape Verde DF Djan[lower-alpha 3]
6 Cape Verde DF Willy
7 Cape Verde MF Djeredja
8 Cape Verde MF Jorge
9 Cape Verde MF Black
10 Cape Verde MF Helder
11 Cape Verde MF Nelson
No. Position Player
12 Cape Verde MF Heta
13 Cape Verde FW Chris
14 Cape Verde GK Cláudio
15 Cape Verde FW Djuca
16 Cape Verde FW Ady
17 Cape Verde MF Tchalie
18 Cape Verde MF Nouno
19 Cape Verde MF Douglas
20 Cape Verde MF Jota
21 Cape Verde MF Maurício
25 Cape Verde MF Djicas
  1. ↑ Also spelt as Já
  2. ↑ Not commonly as Stevie
  3. ↑ Not often as Jan

Managerial history

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Filiais do Sporting Clube de Portugal". Sporting Centennial (in Portuguese). 2007. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
  2. ↑ "Filiais, Resto do Mundo". Sporting CP (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2 November 2013.
  3. ↑ "Sporting e campeão da Brava" (in Portuguese). A Semana. 24 February 2014.
  4. ↑ "Sporting sagra-se tri-campeã da Brava" [Sporting Became the Three Time Champions in Brava]. A Semana (in Portuguese). 11 April 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  5. ↑ "Futebol Brava: Sporting goleia Benfica (5-0)". Criolosport (in Portuguese). 13 February 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  6. ↑ Sporting tetra campeão da Brava'", A Semana (in Portuguese), 27 March 2017, accessed on 27 March 2017
  7. ↑ Sporting Brava article on the Spanish Wikipedia
  8. ↑ Sporting Brava's squad page (in Portuguese)
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